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Director Joe Wright's The Soloist is a deeply empathetic exploration of mental illness and a winning showcase for the talents of its two stars, Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. Its third great component is its relationship to daily newspapers - it's either the ultimate advertising campaign for a dying industry or the perfect funeral wreath...
Harvard’s Recycling and Waste Manager won an annual Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England divison today at its Earth Day celebrations in Boston. At the event, presenters highlighted Robert M. Gogan, Jr.’s commitment to recycling at Harvard, a cause he has championed for over a decade and a half. The program specifically cited Gogan’s efforts to distribute reusable office supplies and furniture to non-profit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. It also mentioned Harvard’s annual Valentine?...
There are other challenges. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has submitted a radically sane Pentagon budget, which eliminates some unneeded weapons systems - and is likely to be eviscerated by members of Congress from the districts where those systems are built. "We are absolutely going to stand with Gates on this one," said an Obama aide, implying that the President would veto a same-old defense budget...
...teenager in the sixties, Cotter said that he was heavily influenced by a combination of Boston’s strong Asian art collections and the culturally pioneering times. Cotter said he knew that he wanted to study literature at Harvard, specifically with renowned American poet Robert Lowell. As a freshman in 1966, Cotter enrolled in Lowell’s graduate seminar. The first art course Cotter took was a result of him seeking to fulfill a science requirement. He enrolled in a “primitive art” class in the Anthropology Department that was cross-registered with...
...they were quick to pounce on beleaguered White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. He spent a good portion of Tuesday's contentious press briefing trying to make the case that Obama's comments did not in fact signal any change, despite what other Administration officials, including himself and Emanuel, had said in the past...